Events Calendar

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/22/21790/

Dell, Inc. invites all 1L and 2L students to join them for breakfast in the Law School Atrium. Dell's legal team will be in attendance to answer questions about their organization. Please be sure to stop by on your way to class.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/22/21852/

On Monday, February 1, the Texas Law Alumni Association is pleased to announce that it will kick off its Spring 2016 Townes Hall Morning Coffee for all students every Monday morning. Please bring your favorite travel mug from home (we are “going green,” so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start off your week on behalf of the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large station located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.139, etc.) beginning at 8:45 am.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/22/21814/

KBH Center meeting w/ students

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/22/21769/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21791/

Tacos inspired by Baja Californian and Asian cuisine.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21848/

Monthly meeting of the clinical faculty

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21518/

Attorneys will discuss their energy law practice with TJOGEL and Society members over lunch.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21736/

Governor Abbott recently asked the Texas Legislature to authorize Texas to join with other states in an Article V Convention of States to Amend the U.S. Constitution. Join the Federalist Society for a three-way debate on the merits of this plan. The debate will feature Andrew Oldham (Deputy General Counsel for the Governor of Texas) and Texas Law Professors Levinson and Sager.

FREE LUNCH!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21901/

Distinguished Lecture: “Energy Innovation and Economic Development” with the Honorable Max Yzaguirre (Former Chairman and Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21549/

Welcome to a new year, a new semester and a new Potluck world!

Bring your favorite food, or drink, and come socialize with your public interest friends and chat with some awesome public interest lawyers.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/23/21878/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/24/21792/

Weekly luncheon for Texas Law faculty members

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/24/20917/

Mark Levy, '01 and Kayna Stavast will discuss internship opportunities available in the Texas Office of the Attorney General - Antitrust Division, which may qualify for academic credit. Lunch will be served

RSVP by Tuesday, February 23, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab..

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/24/21727/

Rapoport Center Reading Group on Natural Resource Governance: Following on from last semester's discussion on climate governance, we will be speaking about climate change and the governance of fossil fuel resources: - Leaton, James, 'Unburnable Carbon – Are the world’s financial markets carrying a carbon bubble?' (Climate Tracker Initiative, 2013) (available here) - Klein, Naomi, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (Simon & Schuster, 2014), Ch 10 “Blockadia: The New Climate Warriors” (available here) - 'Suva Declaration on Climate Change', Pacific Island Development Forum, 2-4 September 2015 (available here) - Violations or Threats of Violations Resulting from the Impacts of Climate Change” submitted by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and Philippines Rural reconstruction Movement, September 22, 2015 (available here)

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/24/21877/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21793/

The 5th Annual Texas Law Professional Development Institute: Prepared For Practice is taught by industry experts and practicing attorneys, covering facets of new attorney professionalism most sought after by legal employers. It is promoted widely to employers, many of whom contributed to the content of the program.

Whether you’re a 1L preparing for your first summer clerkship or the fall recruiting season, a 2L working to turn your summer clerkship or fellowship into an offer, or a graduating 3L getting a head start on your legal career, the Texas Law Professional Development Institute (PDI) will help you be a more competitive candidate and a better lawyer.

Texas Law students may enroll for the Law Firm and/or Public Service Tracks. Registration information for the 2016 PDI will be announced in November.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21259/

Jonathan Rapping, President & Founder of Gideon's Promise, will speak from 11:45 AM-12:45 PM on "Gideon's Promise: The Drive to Reform indigent Defense in the South." Rapping, a nationally renowned criminal justice innovator and 2014 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellow, will discuss the evolution of justice in America and the role public defenders play.

RSVP by Tuesday, February 23, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Hosted by Career Services and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21606/

Professor Pat Chew, the Salmon Chaired Professor and Distinguished Faculty Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and a University Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award recipient, will discuss her research and findings on the effect of judges' gender in their decision-making, particularly in sex discrimination cases.

Lunch will be served.

The event is co-sponsored by the Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association and the Women's Law Caucus.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21851/

Learn about careers in indigent defense from Texas Law alumni and friends serving as public defenders. Panelists will discuss their careers and offer advice on how to land a job as a public defender. Panelists include

- Jonathan Rapping, President & Founder of Gideon's Promise

- Paul McDaniel ’15, Assistant Public Defender, Jefferson County Community Law Office.

- Mary Murphy '11, Staff Attorney, Louisiana Center for Children's Rights.

Refreshments will be served. RSVP by Tuesday, February 23, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.

Moderated by: Andrea Marsh, Director of the Richard & Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program.

Sponsored by the Career Services Office, the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, and the Capital Punishment Center.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21604/

The Texas Law Alumni Association and Student Affairs Office are excited to announce the return of Popcorn Break in Spring 2016! Starting January 21, 2016, Popcorn Break will be every Thursday afternoon from 1:30 – 2:30 pm. The popcorn will be located in the Tom Clark Lounge. We look forward to seeing you there!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21613/

Please join us for a Texas Law Alumni Reception on Thursday, February 25, 2016 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

The Houston Club, Bush Ballroom, 910 Louisiana Street, 49th Floor, One Shell Plaza, Suite 4900, Houston, Texas 77002

Please registers at http://law.connect.utexas.edu/HOU16

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21473/

Come out and show off your trivia skills and support Youth Court which works with a local middle school to combat the school to prison pipeline.

Tickets on Sale Monday-Thursday in the Atrium, $5 in advance and $8 at the door.

Raffles tickets on sale for $1.

Prizes include gift cards and donations from Home Slice Pizza, Kendra Scott, Eastside Cafe, P'Terry's, Austin Zoo, Plucker's, Amy's Ice Cream, Poweryoga, SNAP Kitchen, Tiff's Treats and more!

Great Drink Specials: $2 Texas Teas, $3 wells, $2 Lonestar Tall boys.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/25/21867/

During Spring On-Campus Interviews, employers may recruit 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, domestic and foreign-trained LL.M.s, and recent graduates (up to one year after graduation) for summer clerkships or postgraduate positions.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/26/21794/

Law students will participate in pro bono clinics as part of the UT wide day of service

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/26/21827/

Challenges of the Latino Community in 2016 and the Years to Come

Friday, February 26, 2016 in the Eidman Courtroom, Room 2.306

Exhilarating conversation of the most current topics affecting Latinos and other minorities in the US in the years to come. Our panels include:

1) Affirmative action and the Fischer decision 2) Ethical issues of advocating for affirmative action 3) The Evenwell litigation and its possible repercussions on voting rights 4) Political power of Latinos in Texas in the years to come 5) Refusal of birth certificates to children born from undocumented parents 6) Affirmative action in the work place

This adds up to 6 hours of CLE Credit (including one Ethics credit).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/26/21853/

Law students will participate in pro bono clinics as part of the UT wide Day of Service

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/02/27/21828/